Historical Religious EventsD.F. Robinson, 1828 - 148 pages |
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... native of France , on his return from this pilgrimage , complained in loud terms of the grievances the Christians suffered from the Turks . He conceived the project of leading all the forces of Christendom against the infidels , and ...
... native of France , on his return from this pilgrimage , complained in loud terms of the grievances the Christians suffered from the Turks . He conceived the project of leading all the forces of Christendom against the infidels , and ...
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... natives of New - England called Kichtan They believed that good men , at death , ascended to Kichtan , above the heavens , where they enjoyed their departed friends and all good things ; that bad men also went and knocked at the gate of ...
... natives of New - England called Kichtan They believed that good men , at death , ascended to Kichtan , above the heavens , where they enjoyed their departed friends and all good things ; that bad men also went and knocked at the gate of ...
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... Indians , though after- wards friendly , were now hostile -- and they were unacquainted with the coast . These diffi ... native land , -grieved for profanation of the holy Sabbath , and other li- centiousness in Holland - fatigued by ...
... Indians , though after- wards friendly , were now hostile -- and they were unacquainted with the coast . These diffi ... native land , -grieved for profanation of the holy Sabbath , and other li- centiousness in Holland - fatigued by ...
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... natives of Thibet , but also by the various tribes of heathen Tartars , who roam through the greater part of Asia . The more remote Tar- tars , are said to absolutely regard him , as the Deity himself , and call him God , the ...
... natives of Thibet , but also by the various tribes of heathen Tartars , who roam through the greater part of Asia . The more remote Tar- tars , are said to absolutely regard him , as the Deity himself , and call him God , the ...
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... South Africa . 138 39 BURNING of IDOLS by the natives of Otaheite , one of the South Sea Islands . 1815 40 A MISSIONARY PREACHING in Hawaii , one of the Sandwich Islands.1823 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY , ACTOR , LENOX AND.
... South Africa . 138 39 BURNING of IDOLS by the natives of Otaheite , one of the South Sea Islands . 1815 40 A MISSIONARY PREACHING in Hawaii , one of the Sandwich Islands.1823 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY , ACTOR , LENOX AND.
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Page 85 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 28 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 28 - When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 38 - I can be convinced by clear reasoning, or by proofs taken from the Holy Scriptures, I neither can nor will recant, because it is neither safe nor advisable to do any thing which is against my conscience. Here I stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! Amen!
Page 97 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Page 39 - ... orders of regulars, the members of his society should take a fourth vow of obedience to the pope, binding themselves to go whithersoever he should command for the service of religion, and without requiring any thing from the holy see for their support.